Stigmabase | North America

A remnant of better days, Jerusalem's only gay bar remains open for business  - Both sides of Israel’s capital—the Muslim eastern half and the Jewish western half—have in common large numbers of socially conservative residents who look down on homosexuality.

Erasing Everything the LGBTQ Community Worked For  - Erasure, commonly seen in many LGBTQ sexualities and gender identities, is the act of erasing something. As much as sexuality and gender are fluid, ...

Counseling discrimination: the dark ages have descended  - Imagine that you are a LGBTQ child from a low income family living in the Tennessee hills. Imagine that you are depressed, even somewhat suicidal, ...

A Journey into the Afterlife Combats LGBTQ Suicide 'With Love' on Stage  - One of the perks of attending a university with 9000 undergraduate students is the reality that creative talent seems to lurk inside the minds of many.

It doesn't end': Framingham church hosts LGBTQ refugees  - Although the struggle for LGBTQ civil rights in the United States is still fraught and tense, thousands of refugees from around the ...

Anti- LGBTQ laws increase risk of HIV, drug use, and violence  - Recently enacted laws in North Carolina and Mississippi and their impact on the rights of the LGBTQ community have brought to light a serious public ...

Stop Calling Jamaica “the Most Homophobic Place on Earth”  - Foreign reporters come to the country for short stints and zero in on the most horrific examples of anti- LGBTQ attacks, creating a false narrative of ...

Why shouldn't my gay nephew enjoy the same freedoms as me?  - legislation doesn't necessarily mean that LGB people face poor treatment.' This may explain why The Maldives seemed LGBTQ -friendly to me but, ...

The Anti- Poverty Experiment That Could Fix America's Broken Welfare System - And even though that project might not tell us much about how a basic ... of dollars to prevent poverty , and yet one in seven of us still lives in poverty , ...

Let's Get Serious About Inequality and Socialism  - Given that this optimistic scenario hinges on what Sanders has been saying about inequality and socialism, it is incumbent upon us to examine his ...

Kids Have Chronic Health Problems: Study  - The number of American kids suffering from asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

Percentage of US children who have chronic health conditions on the rise  - The percentage of children with chronic health conditions is on the rise, and new research being presented at the Pediatric ...

Child mental health crisis 'worse than suspected'  - The crisis in children's mental health is far worse than most people suspect and we are in danger of “medicalising childhood ” by focussing on ...

Child mental health crisis 'worse than suspected'  - The crisis in children's mental health is far worse than most people suspect and we are in danger of “medicalising childhood” by focussing on ...

Easing the stigma of mental illness : A teacher's story  -  Mental health is a topic that society is slowly beginning to discuss although stigmas regarding it run deep, which means further discussion and ...

Families invited to discuss issues related to mental health  - Topics include suicide prevention, parenting young children, building a better relationship with your teen , infant and toddler mental health , tips for ...